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Piccadilly line: First new trains in 50 years will start running on London Underground next year

Hopes raised that Bakerloo could be next Tube line to get new rolling stock

Evening Standard

Labour urged to scrap UK road schemes such as £9bn Lower Thames Crossing

Suggestion would allow government to divert money earmarked for new roads to rail and other public transport

The Guardian - UK

The busiest trains routes to avoid in England and Wales

Bedford via Luton to London St Pancras, Gatwick and Brighton is a route that appears three times in the table

The Independent UK

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Aslef train drivers vote to back pay deal and end two-year standoff

DfT offer will mean rise of almost 15% over three years after dispute between unions and 16 operators in England

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s plan for buses explained as local authorities to ‘take control’

Bus models in London and Manchester could now spread across the UK

The Independent UK

Labour to give English local authorities power to run bus services

Plans will be put before MPs on Monday that extend right to all councils to set routes and timetables

The Guardian - UK

Stansted airport included in latest roll-out of Contactless train ticketing

45 more stations across South-East will get ‘pay-as-you go’ ticketing from 2025

Evening Standard

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Bid to keep Crossrail 2 alive as talks continue over 'safeguarding' project's future

The long-awaited scheme could unlock hundreds of thousands of new homes and jobs across London and the South East

Evening Standard

Improving disabled access to UK’s public transport ‘almost impossible’

Experts say ‘sprawling’ system, negative attitudes and lack of staff support makes equal access hard to ensure

The Guardian - UK

East London station's step-free upgrade remains unstarted five years after being announced

Hackney Downs is one of several London stations which was promised step-free access in 2019, but where works are yet to begin

Evening Standard

Tens of thousands of train fare fines to be quashed in England and Wales

Four firms including Northern and Greater Anglia unlawfully prosecuted more than 74,000 alleged fare dodgers

The Guardian - UK

Train drivers’ strike over? Now fix the real problems with the railway

New transport secretary, Louise Haigh, was right when she vowed to end three years of strikes swiftly on taking office.

The Independent UK

Train drivers’ dispute likely to end after ‘no-strings’ pay offer

Average salary of a train driver, without overtime, would rise from £60,000 to £69,000 if Aslef members vote to accept

The Independent UK

Aslef train drivers reach deal that could end rail strikes after two years of chaos

Last long-running dispute between unions and English train companies will be resolved if members back offer

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Virgin Atlantic transatlantic advert banned for misleading consumers

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received five complaints

Evening Standard

Rail strikes hitting London and other parts of Britain could be over 'quickly,' says Aslef union boss

Mick Whelan raised hopes that walk-outs would stop after talks in Whitehall

The Guardian - UK

West coast fares could rise to incentivise people ‘to not travel by rail’, UK watchdog says

DfT told to look into lessening demand amid reduced capacity after HS2’s second leg axed

The National (Scotland)

Public will be encouraged NOT to travel after HS2 axed, new report finds

RISHI Sunak’s decision to curtail HS2 means the public may need to be incentivised not to travel by train, according to the UK’s public spending…

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Evening Standard

'Years of delay' before new HS2 station at Euston gets off ground, warns public spending watchdog

Report lists disastrous impact of Rishi Sunak’s decision to delay high-speed rail link

The Guardian - UK

Labour to hold talks with Aslef over rail strikes next week

New government aims for rapid resolution to dispute that has disrupted train services for more than two years

The Independent UK

Train drivers talks to resume in bid to break two-year deadlock and put an end to rail strike misery

Aslef union says train drivers have not had a pay rise for five years

Evening Standard

New train station beside 4,000-home redevelopment of former Ford factory delayed until end of 2027

Beam Park station due to have c2c trains to Barking, Grays and Fenchurch Street

The Independent UK

Government U-turn is causing long security waits, says Birmingham airport boss

Exclusive: Nick Barton says passenger anxiety levels are ‘off the scale’ but says everyone is getting through security in under an hour

The Independent UK

Airports hit out after last-minute changes to hand luggage rules

The move has caused concern among airport bosses who say they fear staff will not have enough time to respond

Evening Standard

London City Airport forced to reintroduce 100ml liquid rule as airport bosses slam ministers for passenger confusion

Airports have hit out at the Government’s reintroduction of 100ml limits for liquids in hand luggage at some terminals in the UK

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